mohouck Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Chad- Did you find my business card last week on your car at stump? I did find it, but I didn't put it together with you! Right on! I am sorry I missed you, but hopefully we can hook up at mammoth on Friday of SNES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loc Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Booooo it looks like there could be a storm coming our way next week. I normally would choose a good pow day over a good groomer day but not when there's 20 other hardbooters there to rip with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Any chance to have Gunsmoke closed for say 2 hours and then move to Shatzi (and unrope Shatzi?) ? Not much pitch or width to Gunsmoke. Deer Bowl was also nice. Today I ran the entire lower mountain... lots of POW on my Salomon 160 Sick stick. I ran Gunsmoke yesterday (all hard groom until later) and found it a bit hard to keep the speed up- especially once the sun hit it. I think wider trails are a much better idea when you have a lot of carvers at once. We still like to go one at a time... but it allows room for error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 John, Gunsmoke will probably be the only run that patrol can "reserve" for us. What they do is put up a race in progress sign and some fences. J7 gets way more traffic than slow J4 so they will likely not be able to close off Schatzi for us, especially on a weekend. Gunsmoke does get a little slow if you're really cranking turns but it is still a great pitch and a lot of fun. We'll move around the mountain in groups, but home base will likely need to remain at the base of J4 as we did last year. You're right though, Schatzi does have a really nice pitch for laying it out. Loc, I thought the storm was going to wrap up by Friday. Has that changed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronG Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Just a heads up, I won't be attending SNES this year but I see a request to try my CODA board. If someone wants to meet me at the I-15/215 interchange or general area I will let someone take it up there to use. Let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majoan Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Hi guys! I met some of you at last year's SNES. Some of you might know Luca, and I'm his other half :). Luca won't be attending this year, but I'm hoping to see some of you guys again and meet some new faces. I'll be going with another carving buddy, Celine, so we are looking forward to the weekend coming up. We have room for another person if someone is looking for a place to stay. Just send me a msg. Ride on! -Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopestar Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Hi guys! I met some of you at last year's SNES. Some of you might know Luca, and I'm his other half :). Luca won't be attending this year, but I'm hoping to see some of you guys again and meet some new faces. I'll be going with another carving buddy, Celine, so we are looking forward to the weekend coming up. We have room for another person if someone is looking for a place to stay. Just send me a msg. Ride on! -Mary Im in mary/ i met you guys last season at snow valley. I have yet to find a carpool buddy or a lodging buddy and would love to entertain one or both if interested/ Im in the OC and have an AWD mercedes wagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loc Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Loc, I thought the storm was going to wrap up by Friday. Has that changed? There's reports it will snow everyday from now through Sunday 3/27. Boooo, hisss:mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jak Hof Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I am JLM right now and 2-3 inches have fallen, gun smoke was fine, no monster jumps. It was flat light, cold, windy not a good day for carving. Seems like the weather system moving throught is really unstable right now as the forecast changes every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I'll be at June tomorrow....looks like more carving on my powder board... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arclite Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I don't know about you guys, but I'd rather push SNES to next week if possible to get preferable carving conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I'm planning in heading up next weekend regardless of carving or not. I will not be able to go the weekend of 4/1. Next trip up for me after 3/26 is 4/15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-ben Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Depending on weather, I may not go up next weekend. I don't mind snow, but if it's wind-driven... I'll stay inside, thanks. I will definitely be up the next weekend though, probably Friday thru Sunday. -- Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopestar Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Depending on weather, I may not go up next weekend. I don't mind snow, but if it's wind-driven... I'll stay inside, thanks. I will definitely be up the next weekend though, probably Friday thru Sunday. -- Greg Call 922/ Waaaaaambulance! We have a saying..."are you gonna' ride or bake cookies?" I'll take peanut butter cookies please, as I plan to ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-ben Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 ... is for people who have no choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopestar Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 ... is for people who have no choice. So wind driven groomed is bad? Groomed is groomed as long as it stays cold and doesn't ice over and/or turn to boiler plate. When is mammoth/june not windy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arclite Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 June is hardly ever windy, that's why most people go to June when there are mini-tornadoes at Mammoth. And I've been informed that the hotel reservation can't be canceled and my father is working the weekend after anyway, so I'll see you guys up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majoan Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Im in mary/ i met you guys last season at snow valley. I have yet to find a carpool buddy or a lodging buddy and would love to entertain one or both if interested/ Im in the OC and have an AWD mercedes wagon I sent you a msg. not sure if you got it. But send me an email if you are still interested in going in with the lodging -majoan318@gmail.com :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 We got hammered with snow today. I am almost back in LA. So much snow that neither of my powder boards offered enough float.. At Mammoth Even an O-Sin 4708 split tail was working hard. Enough powder to do the avalanche chutes. I got tons of pow..enough this trip that I have had my fill for at least a year. As it is.. with todays snow... it will take at least 2-4 days at June (Also June has less skier traffic to "work the snow") for it to be firm enough for hardboot carving, perhaps 2-3 days for softboots. It was already too soft for soft boot carving yesterday. And with another 5 days of snow... you can just add more days onto that.... I doubt we will see much carving.... But if it doesn't work out this weekend.... I'll come up next weekend too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loc Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Boooooo! I guess this coming weekend will be a good opportunity to test out a well used Jones Flagship I picked up on geartrade.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullwings Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 ... is for people who have no choice. I ride the $hittiest conditions... I ride local at Big Bear :lol::lol: Anyway, even here, local, Summit is gonna get 20"+ of the fresh stuff (that's a lot for us, down here). I'll probably get a day off of work on Thursday. Unfortunately, I won't be making SNES :( I wanted to go up to Summit for freshies tomorrow and try out the 3800 with hardboots and put to rest some "butt hurt" issues i brought up in some other thread. But, I won't get a shot at it, unfortunately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Looks like the snow may be tapering towards the end of this week as the earlier reports claimed. Lets hope that holds up so a little carving may take place next weekend. I guess we won't be aggressively loading the nose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-ben Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I ride the $hittiest conditions... I ride local at Big Bear :lol::lol: The snow (or ice) on the ground is one thing. Riding in a blizzard is another. Just to clarify. Still keeping an eye on the forecast... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Riding in a blizzard is another. That doesn't look to be the situation for this weekend though, hopefully. However it probably will be quite soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loc Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Should we meet at the bottom of J1 at 8am again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.